Royal Army Ordnance Corps

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corps of the British Army

The Royal Army Ordnance Corps was a former corps of the British Army responsible for the supply, storage, and maintenance of weapons, ammunition, and other military equipment before its functions were absorbed into the Royal Logistic Corps.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Royal Army Ordnance Corps canonical	8
Ordnance Office	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	corps of the British Army ⓘ
absorbedInto	Royal Logistic Corps ⓘ
allegiance	Crown in right of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Crown of the United Kingdom
branchColor	dark blue ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
followedBy	Royal Logistic Corps ⓘ
garrison	British Empire ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ overseas British Army bases ⓘ
hasFunction	equipment provisioning ⓘ inventory control ⓘ logistic support ⓘ maintenance engineering ⓘ materiel management ⓘ
militaryBranch	British Army ⓘ
notableActivity	management of ammunition depots in the UK ⓘ provision of weapons and equipment to combat units ⓘ support of British Army operations worldwide ⓘ
operatedIn	Cold War ⓘ World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
partOf	British Army logistics system ⓘ
precededBy	Board of Ordnance ⓘ
responsibleFor	ammunition depots ⓘ armouries ⓘ military stores depots ⓘ ordnance maintenance ⓘ ordnance storage ⓘ ordnance supply ⓘ
role	maintenance of ammunition ⓘ maintenance of military equipment ⓘ maintenance of weapons ⓘ storage of ammunition ⓘ storage of military equipment ⓘ storage of weapons ⓘ supply of ammunition ⓘ supply of military equipment ⓘ supply of weapons ⓘ
servedAlongside	Royal Army Service Corps ⓘ Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers ⓘ
service	British Army ⓘ
specialization	ammunition logistics ⓘ equipment maintenance ⓘ ordnance logistics ⓘ supply chain management ⓘ
status	disbanded ⓘ
successor	Royal Logistic Corps ⓘ
type	logistics corps ⓘ support corps ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Royal Logistic Corps → formedByMergerOf → Royal Army Ordnance Corps ⓘ

ATS → associatedWith → Royal Army Ordnance Corps ⓘ

subject surface form: Auxiliary Territorial Service

RLC → formedByMergerOf → Royal Army Ordnance Corps ⓘ

subject surface form: Royal Logistic Corps

RLC → precededBy → Royal Army Ordnance Corps ⓘ

subject surface form: Royal Logistic Corps

Princess Royal Barracks, Deepcut → garrison → Royal Army Ordnance Corps ⓘ

Harold Wilson → militaryService → Royal Army Ordnance Corps ⓘ

Granville Sharp → employer → Royal Army Ordnance Corps ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ordnance Office

Sir Henry Cooper → serviceBranch → Royal Army Ordnance Corps ⓘ

subject surface form: Henry Cooper

Royal Logistic Corps Museum → predecessorUnitsCovered → Royal Army Ordnance Corps ⓘ